Not all data is verifiable, but you don’t want to risk your dream job by failing a background and references check. Have in mind that you can still express yourself in a way which highlights good items in your resume and diminishes bad ones.

This format takes best from chronological and functional formats and combines them into an honest statement of what and when you did, but emphasizing your positive sides before the gap comes into consideration.

Recruiters and hiring managers already know WHAT you did by your position title. You need to show them HOW you did it by showing relevant numbers (for example: increased sales by X%, decreased costs by Y$, etc).

You don’t want to make a recruiter dig through your whole life story to find important stuff. You shouldn’t leave out anything crucial either. Keep it to one or two pages if you want to stay on a safe side. Just make sure to be concise.

It’s simple. Stay away from Times New Roman and Arial. They are overused and boring. Always use fonts that can be found on every computer. Helevetica and Garamond are good solutions. Don’t even think about anything fancy.

In an ancient battle of Summary vs. Objective, former is a clear winner for the last couple of years. Employers are not interested in your goals but how you can contribute to fulfilling their’s. Objective section is a pure waste of space.

Before hiring manager, your resume has to pass ATS, a recruiter and HR person. Neither robots nor humans will understand your industry's specific abbreviations if they aren't programmed/specialized in that field.

Killer Resume Hack #024: Do not include personal preferences into your resume.

Killer Resume Hack #024: Do not include personal preferences into your resume.

Your sexual orientation, religious or political preferences could align with recruiter’s or not but they are also grounds for potential discrimination lawsuit. Most recruiters dismiss resumes with this data in order to stay on a safe side.

Killer Resume Hack #026: Do not list a common knowledge under skills section in your resume.

Killer Resume Hack #026: Do not list a common knowledge under skills section in your resume.

Listing Microsoft Word or fast typing in your skills section is like you listed that you know how to eat a soup with a spoon. If everybody knows how to do something, it’s not worth mentioning in a resume.

Make a master resume which consists of EVERY single piece of information you've ever put on your resume. When you need to customize your resume for a specific job application, just copy and paste relevant info.

Killer Resume Hack #033: Impress in the first third of the first page.

Killer Resume Hack #033: Impress in the first third of the first page.

Remember that recruiters are reviewing your resume only for 6 seconds first time? Even if that’s an exaggeration, the time frame is very short. You need to impress recruiter as soon as possible if you don’t want your resume to end in the trash can.

You may be tempted to decrease or increase the size of fonts on your resume to fit the number of pages you predefined. Just be sure never to go below 10 or above 12 for font sizes since it may become hard to read or unprofessional.

When you have an event to attend, you dress appropriate for the dress code expected at that type of event. The same is with resumes. You need to customize it in accordance with the job post requests. Every. Single. Time.

If it happens that you need a hard copy of your resume, check if your ink levels are full and if you've got some ink spots or faded text on your resume. It must be a very clean and professional looking document.